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## pg-dump

Run [pg\_dump](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/app-pgdump.html) to generate a backup

## Usage

```yaml
...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Postgres Dump Backup
        uses: tj-actions/pg-dump@v2.3
        with:
          database_url: "postgres://test_user:test_user_password@localhost:5432/testdb"
          path: "backups/backup.sql" 
          options: "-O"   
```

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## Inputs

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|                                         INPUT                                          |  TYPE  | REQUIRED | DEFAULT |                                                DESCRIPTION                                                 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          <a name="input_database_url"></a>[database\_url](#input_database_url)          | string |   true   |         |                                                Database URL                                                |
|                 <a name="input_options"></a>[options](#input_options)                  | string |   true   | `"-O"`  | Extra [options](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html#PG-DUMP-OPTIONS) passed to pg\_dump |
|                      <a name="input_path"></a>[path](#input_path)                      | string |   true   |         |                                        Backup file output location                                         |
| <a name="input_postgresql_version"></a>[postgresql\_version](#input_postgresql_version) | string |  false   |         |                                       Version of PostgreSQL. e.g 15                                        |

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*   Free software: [MIT license](LICENSE)

## Credits

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## Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/pg-dump/issues.

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